Violence against Muslims, against socialists, against intellectuals, against women – India has been witnessing a pattern of tragic events since the coming to power of the right wing government, whose actions and policies scream out ‘Intolerance!’. The country’s citizens and its media, deemed as the fourth pillar of democracy, have been taking sides without entirely understanding the situation. We interviewed Professor Emeritus Romila Thapar on these issues.
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: "And then the government fell. But the books continued!" An interview with Romila Thapar
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India: They do religious mumbo jumbo ritual when inducting fighter aircrafts in the Air force
3 July 2016Priests on the turmac and the LCA fighter jet being blessed and the Air force officers participate ...
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Pakistan: Discrimination based on religion faced by a media worker - PILER’s letter to Information Minister, cc to DG of APP
2 July 2016Letter from Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research to the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting with a copy to the Director General of Associated Press Corporation
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India: Narendra Dabholkar - A champion of rationalism
2 July 2016Three years ago, atheist and rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar was shot in the back of the head from close-range and in broad daylight by motorcycle-borne assailants when he was on his morning walk. He was 67.
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India: Panchayati Raj Ministry - A downgrade for democracy
1 July 2016If Prime Minister Narendra Modi were to close down the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, it would confirm one’s worst fears about his government’s hypocritical approach to grass-roots democracy for grass-roots development.
